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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 51-76.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the profession of Marco's real parents?
(a) Translators.
(b) Missionaries.
(c) Diplomats.
(d) Ambassadors.

2. What is Silver's profession?
(a) Engineer.
(b) Astrogator.
(c) Linguist.
(d) Historian.

3. The space suits that Kin and the others don give them what capability?
(a) Flight.
(b) Automatic weaponry.
(c) Immunity to hunger and thirst.
(d) Invisibility.

4. The Company's treatments can extend human life for at least how long?
(a) One hundred years.
(b) Fifty years.
(c) Thousands of years.
(d) Five hundred years.

5. What do Kin and the others do with Jago?
(a) They check him into a hospital.
(b) They leave him on the flight pad.
(c) They dispose of his body.
(d) They place him in a medical sphere for later recovery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of the attack on Kin and the others?

2. Marco shows the native people how to use the dumbwaiter by helping them program it to make what?

3. Which of the following is true of the duration of the journey to the flat planet?

4. The Company typically compensates its employees in what way?

5. How is the ship piloted down to the planet?

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